XTAPA, Oct. 26, 2005 (FTW) -- I would like to offer my sincerest apologies for not having responded sooner. I have been in Mexico since October 18th and unable to post before this. We had to beat a hasty retreat from Cancun ahead of hurricane Wilma where I was at the first of two previously scheduled conferences.

Thanks to your generosity and quick response FTW has raised over $60,000. The new DVD, "Denial Stops Here" is being duplicated and will go on sale in the first week of November. It turned out great. I'm fairly certain now that FTW will be able to complete its move to the Pacific Northwest (including all of our staff and their families) within the next few months. You have made that possible and we really don't have the words to thank you.

But there is one thing we can reaffirm. FTW isn't going away and we're now confident that what you see from us in the months ahead will reaffirm your ongoing faith in us and your confidence in our reporting.

From me, Ken Levine, Ryan Spiegl, Jamey Hecht, Zac Evans and all the FTW writers, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.